Abstract

STANDARDIZATION OF PIDANGUNAARI KUDINEERCHOORANAM- A CLASSICAL SIDDHA FORMULATION

P. Elankani*, R. Ganesan, M. Padmasornasubramaniyam, K. Vinayagamoorthy

Abstract

Standardization of herbal formulations is essential in order to assess the quality of drugs on the basis of the concentration of their active principles, physical and chemical standards. This work reports the standardization of Pidangunaari KudineerChooranam (PKC), an herbal based classical Siddha formulation used to treat splenomegaly (pileegaviruthi). The drug was prepared by the methods as reported in the literature. Then, the formulation was standardized using physical and physico‐chemical properties. In this study, we first report the standards for PKC which can be used to lay down pharmacopeial standards that will help to increase the quality of this classical siddha drug.

Keywords: Standardization; Sastric; Polyherbal; Physico?chemical